CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Just as practice was starting Tuesday, the skies opened up and heavy rains poured down on the Carolina Panthers during their first OTA session.The rain stopped after a few minutes. Then came the thunder — from the mouth of Bryce Young.After several drops by wide receivers and tight ends — including 2024 first-round pick Xavier Legette — in a drill with no defensive players, Young had seen enough. And the Panthers’ fourth-year quarterback let loose with a couple of expletives that grabbed everyone’s attention, including media members standing nearby.“It isn’t raining anymore. Clean this s––– up now,” Young yelled. “It’s not f–––ing raining. We need better execution.”Practice resumed and — whether a coincidence or not — no balls hit the ground as Young and his teammates turned around and finished the drill headed the other direction. To be sure, completing passes against air is no cause for celebration.But seeing and hearing Young take control of things on a steamy Tuesday in May could pay dividends for him and the Panthers on a cold Sunday in January. Panthers coach Dave Canales talks often about establishing the standard in an organization that ended a seven-year playoff drought last season.And here was the normally understated and positive-minded Young letting everyone know what he’d witnessed wasn’t good enough. This felt like a moment for a quarterback and team that has a lot riding on 2026.“I heard him get a little bit passionate about — we got a little bit of a monsoon for a second there in practice. Once the rain had passed, he was like, ‘Hey, let’s lock back in. We’ve gotta come up with these balls.’ And I think he said it in a little more colorful language than that,” Canales said.“I just love it. I love the fact that he’s taking ownership and the guys see that and rally around that, and something that they all appreciate.”Since arriving in Charlotte as the No. 1 pick in 2023, Young had led and motivated with a smile. He starts every practice by greeting the other skill-position players with a handshake/dap/dance step that is unique to each guy. On game days, Young stands at the tunnel to slap hands with the other 52 players on their way into the locker room after pregame warmups and again at the end of the first half.But the former Alabama QB has occasionally shown his fiery side when it’s warranted. Although it’s mostly been behind closed locker room doors, like at Soldier Field in 2023 after the Panthers lost 16-13 to the Chicago Bears and undrafted rookie QB Tyson Bagent on “Thursday Night Football.”There have been other instances.“He’ll come in also after games and he’ll let it be known,” right guard Robert Hunt said. “He’s got it in him for sure.”Hunt was in another corner of the field with the offensive linemen Tuesday and didn’t hear Young drop his F-bomb. But he guessed that the 24-year-old quarterback was trying to “set the tone” for practice.“It’s good. But I don’t know anything about that, though,” Hunt said. “He’s usually hyping up, ‘Let’s go.’ I have no context of what even happened.”It was somehow appropriate that Hunt was being asked about Young’s colorful language, given that Hunt has never been shy about letting the four-letter words flow while talking with media. But ironically, Hunt revealed that he’s been trying to clean up his language around his 2-year-old son.This isn’t to suggest that Young needs to pick up where Hunt has left off, in terms of salty diction. Nor should Young try to manufacture emotion just for emotion’s sake.But it was cool to see him get fired up and refuse to let his receivers use the conditions and/or wet balls as an excuse for a shoddy start to practice. For the record: Young also airmailed one of his throws shortly after the rain subsided. And judging by fans’ reaction on social media, they liked seeing this side of Young, too.Tuesday was the first of many practices to come for the Panthers, who — along with the Arizona Cardinals — will get an early start on training camp before meeting in the Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio.That will be followed by three more preseason games, 17 regular-season games and then maybe the playoffs for a team that won the NFC South last year with an 8-9 record. On a personal level, Young will be trying to prove he’s worthy of a top-of-market contract as he enters his prime years.This season will be a pivotal year for him and the franchise. As Young so eloquently put it, better to get all the s— cleaned up as early as possible.